Ocular Engineering Grand Rounds Paper Competition

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On Thursday, June 18, seven Biomedical Engineering (BME) graduate students participated in the Ocular Engineering Grand Rounds, which included a paper/presentation completion and a cash award for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

This year’s judges included Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, PhD (assistant professor, BME), Archie Tram, PhD (recent BME PhD graduated) and Pengfei Jiang (Graduate Research Associate).  

FIRST PLACE:

“Influence of Deformation-Induced Concave Curvature on the Air-Puff Load Experienced at the CornealApex.”

Atieh Yousefi                                              

Atieh Yousefi
Atieh Yousefi, BME graduate student
                                                                                 

Cynthia J Roberts, PhD, professor, BME and Ophthalmology

Matthew A. Reilly, PhD, assistant professor, BME

 

 

 

 

SECOND PLACE: 

“Multimodal imaging and functional analysis of check NMDA retinal damage model”    

Left to Right: Mrs. and Mr. Norbert Peiker, Tyler Heisler-Taylor and Dr. Cebulla for the Norbert Peiker Ohio Lions Fellowship.
Left to Right: Mrs. and Mr. Norbert Peiker, Tyler Heisler-Taylor (BME grad student) and Dr. Cebulla for the Norbert Peiker Ohio Lions Fellowship.

Tyler Heisler-Taylor                                                                           

Richard Wan, student, Optometry

Elizabeth Urbanski

Sumaya Hamadmad

Mohd Hussain Shah 

Hailey Wilson 

Julie Racine 

Colleen Cebulla, MD, PhD, Ophthalmology

 

THIRD PLACE: 

“A Potential New Biomechanical Parameter:  Change in Central Corneal Thickness During Air Puff Induced

Monica Okon, BME graduate student
Monica Okon, BME graduate student
Corneal Deformation”

 

Monica D. Okon

Cynthia J Roberts,PhD, professor, BME

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION:

“High Compression and Shear in the Anterior Optic Nerve Head during IOP Elevation”

Sunny Kwok (not pictured)

Yanhiu Ma, postdoc, BME

Xueliang Pan, PhD, assistant professor, Biostatistics

Jun Liu, PhD, professor, BME

 

Congratulations to all of the participants!